Police activity outside of 49 Franklin Street in Midtown Kingston , NY 12/23/20
KINGSTON, N.Y. â State police executed a search warrant at 49 Franklin St. on Wednesday afternoon in connection with their investigation of the fatal shooting of 12-year-old DâJaneira Mason on Dec. 17, a Kingston police lieutenant said.
Investigators could be seen removing brown paper bags from the house.
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Reached by phone Wednesday evening and asked whether an arrest had been made, Ulster County District Attorney David Clegg said, âYou know, there are things in progress. ⦠Weâre moving very quickly on this and will be able to say more soon. ⦠Weâre moving towards resolving and solving this case quickly.â
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Gilbert Thomas, 24, and Robert Nikia Nikki James, 46, both of Kingston, were charged with second-degree murder, felony assault and criminal use of a firearm in connection with the Dec. 17 fatal shooting at 60 Van Buren St., state police said Thursday morning.
James was arrested at 3:52 p.m. Wednesday, and Thomas at 12:21 a.m. Thursday. Both were being held in the Ulster County Jail without bail on Thursday.
State police executed a search warrant at 49 Franklin St. in Midtown Kingston on Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting, a city police official said, and investigators were seen removing items from the home. (State police took over the investigation from the Kingston police shortly after DâJaneira was killed.) An Ulster County Jail official said Thursday that James lives at 49 Franklin St. and Thomas is a former resident of that address.